City of Amarillo department

Municipal Court

Led by

Donna Knight

Reports to

Assistant City Manager / Public Safety Director (vacant)
City Manager / Chief Administrative Officer (vacant)
Mayor & City Council

Note

Assistant City Manager / Public Safety Director: In the November 2024 reorganization, Deputy City Manager Andrew Freeman added the title of Public Safety Director over all public safety departments. Council minutes list that title through June 10, 2025 and drop it from June 24, 2025; the September 2026 chart shows the post as vacant.

See the whole organization chart →

FY2025/26 budget

“The Municipal Court upholds the rule of law and ensures justice for all participants through a fair, impartial, and efficient judicial process.”The department's description in the budget book, PDF p. 253

Budget unit	Fund	FY2025/26	FY2024/25	Positions (FTE)	PDF page
Municipal Court	General Fund; Court Technology Fund	$1,723,571	$1,698,626FY2024/25 budget	20.92	p. 253

Includes the Office of Civil Hearings.

Figures as printed in the City's FY2025/26 budget book. Payments in the check register don't record which department made them, so this site can't break spending down by department.

Sources

1.City of Amarillo Organization Chart (Updated September 2026) — City of Amarillo, Sep 23, 2026 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primarySubject-authoredStates: "Andrew Freeman Deputy City Manager/ Chief Operating Officer"
2.City of Amarillo Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget Book — City of Amarillo, Oct 1, 2025 · retrieved Oct 9, 2026primarySubject-authoredContains a historical table of assessed values and General / I&R (debt) rate components for FY2015/16 through FY2025/26.
3.Council Approves Organization Chart — City of Amarillo, Nov 15, 2024 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primarySubject-authoredStates: "Deputy City Manager Andrew Freeman will add the title of Public Safety Director with a consolidation of all public safety departments."
4.City Council minutes, regular meeting of November 12, 2024 — City of Amarillo, Nov 12, 2024 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primarySubject-authoredConsent item 10.Q (landfill engineering services contract); consent agenda approved 5:0.
5.City Council minutes, regular meeting of June 10, 2025 — City of Amarillo, Jun 10, 2025 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primarySubject-authoredFrom the City's CivicClerk meeting portal; date is the meeting date. Item 10.C.
6.City Council minutes, regular meeting of June 24, 2025 — City of Amarillo, Jun 24, 2025 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primarySubject-authoredFrom the City's CivicClerk meeting portal; date is the meeting date. Consent item 8.K removed; no action.